Why Sensor Variable Font?
This project presents a model that sets the groundwork for establishing a significant relationship between variable fonts and its application in graphical interfaces from data collected by different sensors.
Sensor Variable Font Workshop – Escuela Superior de Diseño de Madrid
In the framework of the subject “Tipografía Experimental” lectured at Escuela Superior de Diseño de Madrid, I developed with my colleague Lourdes Marco a workshop to introduce to the students the possibilities of building semantic graphic interfaces through variable fonts and data collected by sensors. Moreover, we conducted a validation of the model in order […]
Sensor Variable Font Workshop – Politécnico do Porto
In the framework of an Erasmus Mobility Agreement with the Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design (ESMAD) of the Politécnico do Porto, I carried out with my colleague Lourdes Marco a workshop with students of the School of Design. The purpose was to introduce them the possibilities of building semantic graphic interfaces through variable […]
Significant Function – random expression
In order to show different possibilities of the Significant Function, I prototyped a more joyful application of the model. In this case the scenario is a shop with a variable identity. Each time a customer is detected by presence sensor the logotype will variate. For this purpose I designed a specific variable font with Glyphs […]
DIGICOM Conference
On the occasion of the third edition of DIGICOM, an International Conference on Design and Digital Communication, organized by the Design School of the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, I presented along my college Lourdes Marco a paper to introduce the definition of the model Sensor Variable Font to the design community. The conference […]
Project report book
I share some images of the project report:
Technical specifications
At the present time I only know two technologies able to interact with sensors and variable font axes (please write me if you some else). Sure there are more to come, but in the mean time… One is through the font-variation-settings CSS propriety and the another one is through the fontVariations Drawbot (Python) propriety. To […]
Advanced model cases
The model has been created with a broad level of abstraction and sufficient flexibility to allow it to be applied in multiple interactive projects. The options are infinite and it is up to the designers to apply an adequate logic to their purposes. On the following figures I show more variations of the model using […]
Model application to control panel car interface
In a previous post you can see the results of one of the prototypes to validate the model. I simulated the interface of the an on-board computer car, relating the distance of the car in relation to another object, car or person. The communication objective is to call the attention of the driver through the […]
Basic model example
In this case it has been developed a basic graphic interface that shows wind speed and direction in a more significant way through variable fonts. Two kind of data recorded by the sensors have been used, wind direction and speed, applied to a single variable font axis, slant. The purpose is to show how variable […]
Architecture flow
Enlarge image > ¹ In the basic model only one sensor, one font and one axis are considered to facilitate comprehension. However, several sensors, fonts and axes can be combined to make the projects more complex. ² The axes depend on the selected font. ³ The Normalizing function allows us to establish a relationship between […]
